Thermes antiques de Faverges

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The ancient thermal baths of Faverges are thermal baths located in Faverges-Seythenex, France.

The thermal baths are located at the place called Le Thovey de Faverges, in the commune of Faverges-Seythenex, in the French department of Haute-Savoie. The villa of Thovey and its thermal baths are located on the contact area of the slope of the crêt de Chambellon. It is located 1 km south-east of the Vicus of Casuaria, today the village of Viuz on the commune of Faverges, which developed in the first century BC. Mansio Casuaria is mentioned on the Itinerary of Antonin.

The remains appear to be known at least from the 19th century, notably by Charles Marteaux (1861-1956), Académie florimontane, and Marc Le Roux, curator of the Musée d'Annecy and member of the Académie florimontane, authors of an article "Voie roman de Boutae à Casuaria", published in the Revue Savoisienne in 1903, in which he indicates the presence of archaeological traces " along the way of the Tové". The site's first surveys took place between 1973-74, before a further search campaign was launched in 1981. The last campaign was in 1999. The building is classified...